Welcome to the official website of

Hoima Catholic Diocese

“STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH: THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT” (Colossians 2:7).

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Hoima Catholic Diocese is head-quartered in the municipality of Hoima in the Mid-Western region of Uganda covering the Kingdom of Bunyoro Kitara, home to a variety of people, cultures and ethnicities. The Diocese is part of the Ecclesiastical province of Mbarara, Uganda.

You will find on this website information about the history, development and role of the Catholic church in this part of Uganda. The site exposes the Diocese, its Bishops, past and present (the Ordinary, and the Bishop Emeritus), …..

Bishop ofHoima Catholic Diocese. The Rt. Rev. Vincent Kirabo was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima, Uganda by Pope Francis on 30th, November 2015.

He was born on 1st, October 1955. After primary school in Kahunde and ‘O’ level at St. John Bosco Minor Seminary- Hoima, he began philosophical studies at the Uganda Martyr’s National Major Seminary Alokulum in Gulu. After having completed theological studies at St. Mary’s National Seminary Ggaba, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Hoima on 9th, September 1979.